EXT: Re: cygpath -u converts quoted UNC paths to local

[Garber, Dave (BHGE, Non-GE)]

Not completely the shell.

From a Windows command prompt:
c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe  -u \\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh
//123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh

c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe  -u "\\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh"
/cygdrive/c/123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh

c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe  -u "\\\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh"
//123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh

c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe  -u "\\\\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh"
//123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh

Looks like cygpath is doing something different when the argument is enclosed in quotes (same behavior if single-quote ' is used).
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com <cygwin-owner@cygwin.com> On Behalf
> Of Achim Gratz
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 1:12 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: EXT: Re: cygpath -u converts quoted UNC paths to local
> 
> Andrey Repin writes:
> > This can be considered "working by design", but it really imposes some
> > serious restrictions on interoperability with Cygwin, that I think can be
> avoided.
> 
> But cygpath never sees the quotes, so whatever is done to the path that it
> gets is actually the work of your shell.  In other words, you need to shell-
> quote the backslashes as appropriate for your shell.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Achim.
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